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to preach, and the Rev. S. C. Damon to
the fellowship ol the Churches, on
present
Pane
39 the following Sabbath, when the Lord's
Foreign Chllrrh at Kohala, Hawaii
29-31 Supper should be celebrated.
Rambles In the Old World—No. 97
32
American Shipping and the Reciprocity Treaty
On Sabbath morning, March 23d, there
Bey. E B. Tuthill
33 gathered at the church a goodly company of
Editorials
33 the foreign
population of Kohala. The exBey. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney's Journal
33
the Rev. Mr.
Marine Journal
33 ercises were introduced by
Origin of a Well-known Hymn
3-1 Frear, Scribe, reading the minutes of the
Y. M. C. A3« Council. Then followed singing and prayer.
The sermon was preached by the Rev. Mr.
Frear, in which the speaker described the
organization of the first Church in JerusAPRIL 1. IB7D.
alem, as stated in the second chapter of the
Book of Acts. He spoke of the organizaForeign Church at Kohala, Hawaii.
tion of that Church as a model Churcn, and
For some years there has been preaching although the history of the eighteen centuin English at Kohala, by the Rev. Mr. Bond, ries presented a great variety of modificayet there was no safer
in a neat church edifice erected by the for- tions and additions,
course than for Christians in the nineteenth
eigners in that locality. The work in Eng- century io go back and copy that model
lish and Hawaiian was too laborous for the organization. Historic references and illusmissionary who has labored there during the trations introduced were exceedingly apt and
past forty years. With the increase of sugar satisfactory.
This sermon was followed by the presencultivation, now supplying six large sugar
tation of the fellowship of the Churches by
mills, the number of foreign families called the Rev. Mr. Damon, the Church rising
for a settled pastor. Something over one with their chosen pastor and signifying their
year ago, the Rev. L W. Atherton was in- assent. Then followed the celebration of
vited from California, a graduate of Bowdoin the Lord's Supper, several for the first time
of the elements who had then
College in Maine, and Auburn Theological partaking
made a public professin of their faith. The
Seminary, N. Y. Under his labors a For- exercises were closed with the benediction
eign Union Church has been organized. by the pastor, the Rev. Mr. Atherton. The
Sabbath morning, March 23d, was designa- singing was good, and the length of the exted as the season when said church should ercises was such that the Sabbath school
celebrate its first communion and find recog- was omitted. In the evening, public services were again held in the chapel. Most
nition as a church of Christ. The Fort heartily we can congratulate the good people
Street and Bethel Churches of Honolulu of Kohala on the establishment of this
were invited to be represented by their pas- Church. The trustees and congregation
tors and delegates. Only the pastors of have evinced much liberality in pledging
support and.erecting a commothese churches were able to attend. On their pastor
dious parsonage. Mrs. Atherton has opened
Saturday a council was held at the parson- a parish school, which is well sustained. It
age, when the Rev. Mr. Atherton brought affords us much pleasure to note these eviforward the request and action of those dences of religious prosperity at Kohala,
wishing to be organized as a Christian following similar efforts at Makawao, on
Church. The articles of faith and by-laws Maui. We trust other organizations of like
proving satisfactory, it was voted to recog- nature may soon spring up at points on the
nize said church as a Church of Christ, in Islands where foreigners are now gathering.
sympathy and fellowship with theProtestant The importance of such movements cannot
Evangelical Churches of the Hawaiian be over-estimated. Unless the spiritual and
islands, associated with those acting in har- religious interests of the Islands are susmony with tbe Hawaiian Evangelical Asso- tained, our material prosperity will not preciation. The Rev. W. Frear was appointed sent a healthful and hopeful outlook.
CONTENTS

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Par April 1, 1878.

THE FRIEND.

29

\m Series, M 3ft.

RAMBLES IN THE OLD WORLD-No. 27
A Few Weeks la Stsntllssvli—No. 6.

Berlin, Jan. 29, 1879.
A VISIT TO THE HOME OF THE POET TEGNER.

I cherish among my books a dainty little
volume in gold and purple bearing the title
Saga of Esaias Tegner," and in
" FrithyoPswritten
it I find
'* In memory of a ' red
letter day' at Lund, in company with Professor Tegner, grandson of the great Swedish poet—Copenhagen Aug. 17th 1878
and with the opening of this book, come"—
to
me in my Berlin home in the midst of this
snowy New Year's time, a host of pleasant
memories of the day in last year's summer
time when I enjoyed so much in visiting the
home of the Author of this most exquisite
poem. We left Copenhagen early one Saturday morning, taking the swift little steamboat across the tossing channel to Malmo,
through which city we had passed some
days before, coming from Germany. One
can have a charming excursion in this way,
the boat over early from Denmark, the day
in Sweden, and back again with the evening to Copenhagen, Lund, the university
town which we were planning to visit lay
only a short distance from Malmo, by rail.
We were there in vacation-time, and very
still did this former home of Tegner seem.
It has now lost much of its old glory but it
is still interesting as one of the intellectual
centers of Sweden. Formerly it belonged
to Denmark and was during the middle
ages one of the most flourishing cities in
Danish possessions. Now the university
the next after Upsala in Sweden, with about
500 students renders it important. We had
a card to young Professor Tegner, professor
of oriental languages in the University, who
received us with that hearty sincerity of
manner, which is so delightful here st the
North. We found him surrounded by his
books among which was waiting a welconifor me which I had not anticipated,
sarcely were we seated when our host
stepped to his book case and passed me the
little " Hawaiian Grammar" of my respected teacher and friend Profesor W. D. Alexander, published in Honolulu and ever to be
pleasantly remembered by all the boys and
girls, who have endeavored to master the
rudiments of the musical Hawaiian at Punahou. Like a dear and familiar face or the
melody ofthat s we test of greeting Aloha"
seemed this little volume, in my friend's li-

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brary, so far away from tbe home of its
Some traveller friend, passing
through Honolulu, and remembering the
linguistic tastes of Professor Tegner had
purchased it and brought it home to Sweden, where 1 found it in its place of honor,

birth.

among the books of wisdom of the Orient
and the wild poetry of the Northern world.
Lund, must be a charmingly pleasant, social
town, if we may judge from the friends we
found. Prof. Tegner brought us soon to
young Professor Vikander, Professor of Physics, whom we had lately met in Berlin. He
had just returned to town with his charming
young bride, and as she had herself not seen
the town, we planned a little party of exploration, and had a most delightful day together Just before us, as we came out of
the Professor's blossoming garden, was the
Tegner Platz, in the center of which stands
the noble statue of the poet whose name and
memory all Scandinavia now so tenderly
cherishes. It is a finely-finished statue by
Quarnstrom, and tne head and face seemed
to me especially noble, the perfect realization of a grandly poetic nature—intense,

vigorous, unfettered, aspiring, infinitely tender. Although Tegner's name in this part
of the world is a household word, and
although his poems have been widely translated, yet there are probably very many to
whom his name has a strange sound. He
was born in 1782, the son of a Swedish
clergyman. He lost his father early in life,
and seems to have, when a mere boy, done
much to aid himself. He developed, along
with a rare poetic genius and an intense
love of nature, a remarkable ability for
acquiring languages. He studied at Lund,
where afterwards he became instructor and
then Professor of Greek. As a pastor, and
later Bishop, he is well known ; but he will
live in history as the poet of Sweden, and
especially as the author of " FrithyoPs
Saga." I shall have occasion to speak of
this poem at another time in describing the
scenes where tradition relates that the hero
and heroine of this Northern Saga lived and
died, the glorious Sogne Fjord, on the west
coast of Norway, and hence will not attempt
to give any outline of it here, but would
only say, if any one desires to breathe the
fresh, bracing air of this North land, to
catch glimpses of Northern skies red with
the glow of the strange Northern lights, to
walk among forests of murmuring pines, and
to breast the waves of Northern seas, to live
over again the wild heroic days of the
Northmen, let him read this most beautiful,
melodious poem, this exquisitely musical
saga, the story of the love snd life of the
hero Frithyof and the lovely maiden Ingeborg. It was pleasant indeed to have the
grandson of the poet to do the honors of the
house where for so many years the poet had
lived. The house, standing on one of the
side streets of the town, is now the
shrine " of Lund for the traveler. From
all parts of the world come visitors to these
little rooms, with their low, old-fashioned
ceilings, to see the few relics which still remain of the poet. An important collection
of translations of the " Saga" constitutes one
of the roost interesting objects to be seen.
These are in many languages, and, if I remember correctly, there are something like
eighteen translations in English, and the

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same number, if not more, in German. It
would be a pleasure to see it in Hawaiian !
1 missed one thing which 1 had hoped to
see, and which 1 think Longfellow somewhere refers to—the old study floor/ I
wonder that this most poetic souvenir has
not been preserved, and that something new
and modern has been put in its place. Tegtiir was in the habit of pacing up and down
his room as he composed, and at the point
where he turned, the floor had been so worn
away that a little depression had been made.
This certainly was the materialization of
poetry—as if the working, thinking brain
and the singing or sorrowing heart above
had left their impress on the very way the
poet's feet had trod ! But now it is gone.
Here we saw the books which he had used,
many pictures of himself and his contemporaries, his worn writing table and other
humble reminders—for the poet-professor
and Bishop had here no splendid home—
was here unburdened by the often geniusquenching adornments of a luxurious life.
1 shall long cherish the memory of our morning's visit to the poet's home, and hope
that some day I may see once more this
shrine (how these wayside shrines begin to
illumine the way as I look back along the
rambling pilgrimages I have made!) in which
still lingers the warmth of a poet's life and
heart. But would it ever be quite so delightful in other company ? Not far away
from this spot is the ancient Cathedral of
Lund, once the Metropolitan Church of all
Scandinavia, erected in the llth and 12th
centuries. Singular wood carvings adorn
the choir, and there is an atmosphere of
antiquity, a union of stately plainness with
a richness of adornment in the interior
which is very interesting. The crypt beneath the Cathedral is excessively odd.
There is a very great deal of stone carving,
no two pillars alike, and there are many
elaborate monuments to archbishops. I was
particularly struck by a singular reminder of
an old tradition which is perpetuated here in
two of the stone pillars. The story runs

that the heathen giant Finn and his wife
endeavored to prevent the building of this
Christian temple on Scandinavian soil, and
that they were finally overcome and turned
into stone by the holy Saint Lawrence.
Two of the columns are rudely carved in
shape of the giant and his heathenish companion, and these wild shapes seem, through
the ages, out of their cramped and stony
imprisonment, to dumbly and yet fiercely
protest against the aggressions of the new
faith. One is constantly reminded here of
the old beliefs which lingered and warred so
long. Some such scarred, weird reminder
as this seems often to lie along our way.
The University of Lund is much smaller
than that of Upsala, but it is an important
institution for Sweden. The library contains many thousand volumes and numerous
manuscripts. We enjoyed much visiting
the University buildings, which our friends,
the Professors, so kindly showed us, especially the large hall where the students
assemble and where many of their entertainments are given, the walls being covered
with portraits of former instructors. The
students are here, as in Upsala, divided
into nations," that of Skane being by far
"
the largest.
,

I should indeed be omttting to speak of
one of the pleasantest features of this pleasant day should I fail to make mention of
our charming dinner together at the Botanic
Gardens. What a wonderful world-brotherhood there is after all, and how much dearer
this common fellowship of sympathy, tastes,
feelings, aspirations grows to be as we meet
people of all nations ! We were young men
together, with much of sympathy in our lives
and aims, and though we had known one
another but a few hours, our real acquaintance seemed of much longer duration. And
then, to give just the requisite grace and
charm to our gathering, there was the sweet
young wife of our friend, a bride of a few
days, whose gentle, innate dignity seemed to
fit her rarely for the position to which her
husband had brought her, and in which I
fondly trust she may remain through many,
very many brightening years. How the
pleasant table-talk went round in German
and English! We all had lived in Germany, that land unsurpassed for study and
inspiration ; and then there were a few

words spoken in Finnish (the bride is from
Filmland) just to show us how it sounded.
My knowledge of Finnland and Finnish
culture was somewhat vague. You know
sometimes we feel a little piqued that dwellers in other lands show such a lamentable
ignorance about our sunny islands and the
progress which has been made there ; but I
scarcely think we could give much of an
idea of the state ofculture in Finnland ; and
yet here is a charming lady sitting next me,
the very embodiment of a gentle and deep
culture, who says to me, as if it were the
most natural thing in the world, that it is
expected of an educated Finnish lady that
she should speak four or five different
languages ! And then she goes on to tell
me of the poetry of Finnland, of the life
there, society, etc., so that before it is time
for dessert an entirely new idea has dawned
upon me in reference to this land at the
North. But even cozy and agreeable dinners must have an end. And as we separated—our Swedish friends to their homes
and work, and we to further travel—l think
there was a very sincere and hearty ring in
the Auf wiederschen" we exchanged.
A few hours by rail and channel and we
were safely back again in Copenhagen, just
as the evening lamps were being lighted.
Few days of my life have been more satisfactory than this, spent in the past and
present of this little University town, so that,
in recalling these pleasant hours and the
cordial and warm hospitality of our friends,
I feel as if this Swedish holiday excursion
was indeed worthy of being marked in my
calendar with a " red letter."

'

The monthly letter of our European Correspondent is shorter than usual this month,
and we copy the following paragraphs from
private letters :
Berlin, January 12th.
Of late the theme of conversation has been
the weather, and with reason. We are
having the pleasantest of winters, with
plenty of snow and firm ice for those who
skate. This last week has been, in its
winter glory and beauty, something long to
Temember. The " Thier Garden," as I

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walked through it the other day, was more
like a place of enchantment than a leafless
forest on the borders of a busy city. Every
twig was silvered and gleamed in the sunshine. Imagine, if you can, a diamond
forest.
The skating is attracting many,
and the sleigh-bells fill the air with their
merry music.

On Thursday last 1 came, home from
Mecklenburg. Up to the very last we had
such a pleasant time. The journey I
enjoyed very much, for it gave me an opportunity of seeing the picturesque, quaint
and extremely interesting old Hanseatic
town of Rostock, with its University and
monument to Blucher, who was born here,
and also of spending an hour in Schwerin,
the capital of Mecklenburg, where I saw the
beautiful castle of the reigning Grand Duke,
one of the finest edifices in North Germany.
Feb. 17th.—In the pleasantest sense of
the term we have the Carnival season just
now, and this lasts untilLent puts an end to
the many entertainments and merry-makings
The Court has gone out of mourning, and
the Court festivities began some little time
ago with the Schleppencan," or grand
" when the ladies appear
opening reception,
their
Court
trains and the Court
in
long
presentations are made. I have described to
you before the Schloss and other entertainments there, so you know already something of these scenes, which are repetitions
of last year's festivities, but always most
brilliant and interesting. At the Court reception, the Emperor and Empress received
in the Hall of the Knights, a most beautiful
apartment, one of the many rooms which
are thrown open on such an evening. The
Hawaiian Representative stood next to Mr.
Everett, now acting as American Charge
d'Affaires since Mr. Taylor's death. The
Emperor and Empress were most gracious
and kind. She wore a long train of dark
red velvet bordered with fur, and about the
shoulders was much of the same brown fur,
studded here and there with great diamonds,
and the under-dress, from which the train
swept away, was in white and silver. The

diamonds which she wore on her neck, head
and breast were most grand and dazzling.
The Emperor still wears his wounded hand
in a sling (a mute reminder of that wild,
tragical, almost disastrous day last June),
but looks remarkably well, so bright and
genial, smiling on every one. There is
something wonderfully sweet and attractive
in his old age. After the Emperor and
Empress pass through the different apartments, welcoming their guests and receiving
the new-comers to Court, all retire to the
White Saloon, where stately lackies in
gorgeous liveries pass around tea, ices,
creams and sherbets (for at the drawingroom there is no supper). Then comes the
beautiful Court concert. The leading singers of the opera and the best of choruses
have alreudy taken their places on a stage
erected at one end of the hull. Oh, such
music !—the choicest, the rarest you can
possibly imagine, and then amid such surroundings—the glory and sheen and magnicence of this Imperial Court.
A few days after followed the first Court
ball, very much the same as that of which
1 sent you a description last year. The
Empress was splendid in long while brocade

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dress, with a broad red band near the bot-

tom and running up in front, sown in beau-

tiful coral pattern with large white pearls.
The dresses of the ladies at this ball were
unusually gorgeous and fine. The Russian
ladies are always the most elegant. The
suppers at Court are something splendid.
On one table was an elaborate centre-piece
representing a windmill—perhaps the old
windmill famous in the history of Frederick
the Great, at Potsdam.
On Thursday, Parliament was opened in
most impressive style in the White Saloon
by the Emperor in person. Every one was
in grand uniform. The Emperor stood
under the dais with the Crown Prince, and
made his speech in a full, clear voice, but in
which the quaver of his advanced age came
now and then. Bismarck was present
—grand and imposing in his white uniform.
He is growing old, but will to the end, I
think, look like the wonderful man he is.
The " Reichstag" promises to have a lively
session this season. Bismarck's Parliamentary soirees on Saturday evenings have
already begun, but the Diplomatic Corps are
unfortunately not invited. It is much harder
to get a sight at Bismarck than at the Emperor. You may have seen a translation of
a book which has made much talk in Germany of late, written nnd compiled by a
former secretary of Bismarck, in reference
to the great statesman during the FrancoPrussian war. It is already translated into
English, and will shortly appear in French
—a book which does not represent Bismarck
as wholly infallible. As I said, the opening
of the Parliament was very impressive. The
Emperor was announced with all his titles
by some one acting as herald, and greeted
with loud cheers by the assemblage. As he
placed his helmet on his head, just before
reading his opening speech, you could see
that it was done with much difficulty, his
wounded hand and arm having not fully
recovered their old strength and vigor.
Something almost like a murmur of sympathy ran through the spacious hall as this
was noticed. As he left the throne he was
repeatedly cheered, which he acknowledged
by bowing to right and left.
Feb. 25th.—The Carnival season is now
drawing to a close, and it will be pleasant to

settle'down again to quiet, studious ways.
Last evening there was a large gathering at
the Italian Embassy—a very brilliant and
beautiful affair. The Emperor and Empress
were present for a portion of the evening.
This evening the last Court ball will take
place at the Schloss ; and on Thursday the
Princess Louisa, grand-niece of the Emperor, will hold a farewell reception before going to England to be married to Prince Arthur
Feb. 26th.—The ball last evening was a
very splendid affair. In the midst of all its
brilliancy, I enjoyed nothing more than a
pleasant, quiet talk with Prof. Mommscn,
the famous historian, of whose History of
Rome you have heard. He is rather an old
gentleman, with long streaming gray hair ;
and another interesting chat was with Berthold Auerbach, the celebrated novelist, who
is pleased that his novels, '* On the Heights"
and " Villa on the Rhine," are read in
Honolulu. I send his autograph, written on
his visiting card, which he gave me the
other evening.

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At a similar entertainment at their priPalace, last Thursday, which was very
beautiful, my especial delight was in the
softly lighted conservatory, with its white
statues, beautiful palms and ferns. I was
much pleased to see in one of the Empress's
apartments a small case of pink Micronesian
vate

coral.
I am just now meeting a great many
literary, artistic, musical people, who, as you
know, have always had very much of a
fascination for me. On Monday evenings
Herr and Frau Dohm receive their friends—
a large and brilliant gathering of literateurs,
etc.—Bnd where I have been made to feel I
am a welcome guest. Herr Bohm is one of
the editors of the " Kladderadatsch." His
wife has written much, especially in reference to the cause of woman in Germany.
They are most genial,kindly-hearted people,
and gather a brilliant circle about them.
On Saturday evening I was invited, with
Professor and Mrs. Whitney, to a most interesting evening gathering at the home of
Key. Mr. and Mrs. Davies. This is
quite
ftiother phase of life from that to which I
have just referred. The former represents
the most brilliant, cultured, talented, literary
side of German society ; the latter the quiet,
aristocratic, dignified, religious, and also
cultured side. I enjoy seeing both. At the
Davies' one meets the religious aristocracy
of the city, such as Madame yon Biilow, wife
of the Minister of State for Foreign Affairs,
and Count Engelstein. My dear friends
Pastor and Mrs. Frummel were also present, and the dear pastor, with his gleaming,
cheerful, sunshiny face, and rich, musical
voice, kept us midway between laughter and
tears for nearly an hour with that wonderful
gift of story-telling, in which scarcely any
one in Germany excels him. His theme
was that quaint old clergyman, Pastor
Strauss, famed for his quaintness and originality, simple piety and rough poetry—a sort
of German Spurgeon. What a delicious
word-picture Pastor Frummel gave us about
this old Westphalian preacher! If you
ever see the "Encyclopaedia Britannica," look
at an article there on Berlin by ut. Davies.
As 1 look through the island papers and
see the notice of some unexpected death, my

goes out in a wonderful tenderness to
all who are called upon thus to mourn, and
my congratulations to all the happy young
couples who are getting engaged and married. I shall scarcely know Honolulu if
they go on at this rate.
My room is bright and warm, though outof-doors the snow is blowing in a rough
Scandinavian sort of a way. Think how
cold it must be in that winter-land, though
always grand. You would laugh to see
hi**' the chubby little cherubs, sculptured
on the portal of "my opposite neighbor the
church of St. Hedwig, and whose pleasant
duty it is to carry through all time between
them heavy wreaths of " stone " roses, stand
in the drifted snow.
And now, dear people, not another word ; you
will think it all a Carnival, but I wanted to give
you just a little picture of the season here. Id the
midst of it all I think 1 have enjoyed Old Homer
aa never before, this undying music of the past.
The University lectures have commenced, and
are now fully under way. 1 thinkI am pretty skillful in mofaicing a diplomatiu and student life. * *
Berlin, Fob. 2Gth.
Fkank W. Damon.

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American Shipping and the Reciprocity
Treaty.

Mr. Editor : A few days ago I picked
up an eld copy of the Friend, which had
served as a wrapper to preserve from salt
water a book on its cruise among the four
channels of Hawaii, and remembering that
the Friend always contains something
worth reading, I sat down to look it over,
when my eye caught the heading " Reciprocity will enrich American merchants and
shipowners." Although the article was published nearly five years ago, and long before
the Treaty became a law, yet the views expressed in it struck me more forcibly than
when 1 read them in the paper fresh from
the press. It presents an argument that is
generally overlooked when speaking of the
Treaty. I copy a paragraph from it:
we argue that a Reciprocity Treaty
" Now,
will
increase tenlold the number of these bitrks,
briga and schooners flying like shuttles between
the Hawaiian Islands and the western coast of
America, the natural market Tor our sugars,
rice, bananas and other products, while our
lalanda form n market (or manufactures and produels of the United States. Last year—lB73—
according to Custom Houae returna, these
lalanda exporied to the United States products to
tbe value of $1,139,725.81, while imports from
the United States amounted to (529,982.08.
Reciprocity would quicken trade, multiply ves-

aela laden with products of each country, and
enrieb Dot only the Hawaiian lalanda but merchants and shipowners on the Coast. What the
East India Islands are to Europe and the West
India Islands to the Atlantic States, the Hawaiian
Inlands will prove to the Pacific Const of America if commerce ie increased and our products find
a good market. How can we buy goods unless
our products find a good market? Fur two
hundred and more yeara the cities of the United
States on tbe Atlantic Coust bave been trading
profitably with Cubs, Jamaica and other neighboring islands. Portland, Boalon, New York,
Philadelphia, Baltimore and other cities have
grown rich from trade with those islands. San
Francisco. Portland and others will derive similar
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same period 53 tons ! Can anything show
more clearly the benefit which this treaty
has secured to American commerce ? This
is quite an important point to consider
when asked " where the reciprocity comes
in." Before the treaty expires, your statement predicting a " tenfold increase " may
prove true.
While I have my pen in hand let me add
one or two more paragraphs to illustrate the
stimulating influence that this treaty has
had on our foreign trade, as compared with
former years :
[awalian Imports ifrom

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...
....

all countriea in 1874
11,186,183
1870.... 1,811,770
2,4-28,000
1877
••
1878 .... .I.Wfi.MO

Again, the trade between the United
States and Hawaii exhibits a most extraordinary growth under the treaty :

'0U1 import*
a from U
t 629,982
I nitted SStates In 1873
187fi
1,032,664
1877
1,681,402
1878
a,ll'i,011*
•The total for 1878 is obtained by including imports
free under the Tresty, $1,619,987.61 ; duty psying, $315,-416.36 ; bonded, $111,498.79 ; duty paying at Hiloand Kawaihae, $6,823.71 ; snd one-half of the freelist, $66,286.

Here we find that the trade of the United
States with Hawaii has grown from $529,-982 in 1873, as stated in your article, to
$2,112,011 in 1878. If to this extraordinary fourfold gain we add the freight and
passage money earned by the large fleet of
American vessels now carrying for us American and Hawaiian produce, which cannot
be less than $400,000 per annum, we have
a total of $2,510,000 derived by American
farmers, merchants and shipowners from
their trade and commerce with Hawaii,
which could not have been the case had the
treaty not gone into operation! These
are facts which American statesmen can
point to with pride, and which should not
be overlooked by them when studying the
results of the Reciprocity Treaty with
Hawaii.
I was pleased to see Judge Caton's wellexpressed views on the Reciprocity Treaty
in point. He is a man of keen observation
and large experience, and whatever he
utters is reliable and impartial. The opinion of such a man, who has reached it only
after thorough personal examination, will
have more weight than any newspaper article published here. And it is hardly possible for any intelligent person to come to
this group, and by observation learn the
working of this treaty, without becoming
fully convinced that it is resulting beneficially to both America and Hawaii, enriching American farmers, merchants and shipowners, and ought to become a perpetual

the Hawaiian Islands."—Friend, Nov. 1874.
Knowing that there had been a large increase of late in the American shipping at
the Islands, and wishing to see how large it
was, I turned back to examine such data as
1 bave by me, and found what will be interesting, if published, and very flattering to
American pride. 1 give the tonnage and convention.
Very truly yours, H. M. Whitney.
number of American vessels for the wily
that
the
statistics
have
me—
by
I
years
A lecture on "Scholars and School
1874-6-7 and 8:
Vessels. Tonnage, Life in Syria" was delivered, Feb. 18th,
.meriran vessels, including whalers, enbefore the Young Ladies' Free Classical
35,294
gaged In tradewith Hawaii, 1874
96
130 76,000
Do. 187«
Bible College, Binghamton, N. V., by
and
146 90,947
Do. 18TT
183 110,671
Do. 1878
Rev. Dr. Jessup, of Beyrut, Syria. At the
Here is an increase from 95 vessels, register- close of the lecture, two young ladies of the
ing 35,294 tons, in 1874, to 183 vessels of college, recently from Jerusalem, saluted the
110,671 tons in 187S, showing a gain in four learned lecturer in true Oriental style, conyears of 75,377 tons; while the Hawaiian versing fluently in the Arabic language,
shipping has actually decreased during the their native tongue.

Return Borrowed Books.—The person
who borrowed Hawthorne's " Scarlet Letter"
from the Editor will please return the same,
otherwise the set will be broken.

We would acknowledge three packages
of Chinese publications from the Rev.
L. Lechler, for the benefit of the Chinese on
the Islands. They were forwarded per
Chocola, freight-free.

Hampton Institute.—We are glad to
learn from the Southern Workman " and
other sources that General Armstrong's
efforts are wonderfully blessed. A new feature of the enterprise has been added, in
gathering youth from the Indian tribes, and
success crowns this effort. The following
extract from a letter of Gen. A. addressed
to his mother will be read with interest:
"To-day at our Communion Service,
eleven Indians, full blooded, once savage,
most of them implicated in cruel murders in
Texas in 1874, were admitted to our
Church. Their baptism was very simple
and touching. They had been well proved.
Our effort for Indians here is in the line of
a most remarkable chain of events. It is an
interesting and wonderful experience. I
have just raised $10,000 for a new building
for them, and must get $6,000 more for a
new workshop. Probably Pres. Hopkins, of
Williams College, with his wife and daughter, will come and stay two months with us
this summer, while Will and his family go
north. It will be pleasant."

"

Rev. E. B. Tuthill.—This clergyman,
pastor of the Congregational Church in
Martinez, Cal., came to the Islands about
one year ago for his health. Oahu College
needing a teacher about that time, he rendered temporary and satisfactory assistance.
During the summer he spent a lew weeks in
Hawaii, but returning he settled down to
quiet study in Honolulu, where few knew
how he was employed; but incidentally we
learned that he was investigating the "fish"
caught by the native fishermen and exposed
for sale in the market. He informed us that
he had minutely examined and taken notes
upon 94 species. More than one-halfof this
number he had copied or painted, thus catching the marvelous and varied colors of these
many strange varieties of fish. A person
who has examined his drawings expresses
his surprise at his wonderful success.
We
hope this retiring and modest student of
nature may be rewarded by some society
anxious to make a collection. We are not
aware that Mr. Tuthill has preached more
than twice on the Islands, as his health prevented him from accepting invitations.
Twice, however, he consented to occupy the
Bethel pulpit, and we feel quite confident
his audience on those occasions will not soon
forget his sermons on " Jonathan's Armorbearer " and " becoming partakers of the
Divine nature." These were not ordinary
sermons.
We trust that with renewed
health and reinvigorated strength he may
reach San Francisco and be able to resume
his pastoral and ministerial labors, having
recently left in a sailing vessel.

THE FRIEND,

APRIL,

Four Children.—In pronounce it the best paper in the United
States—certainly the best I have ever been
acquainted with. If any of you do not take
it you had better subscribe at once, even if
you have to give up all your other papers.
The price is $2.50 a year, in advance;
clergymen $2. Address the Agent, Am.
Tract Society, 150 Nassau st., N. Y."
We copy the following as a hint to those
putting up supplies for missionaries :
"The Morning Star remained two weeks.
husband spent a good deal of his time
My
Rev. Mr. and Mrs. Whitney's Journal.
between sessions of general meeting in solGERMAN MAN-OF-WAR—TEMPERANCE—ILLUS- dering. We have for several years had our
flour come in 50-pound tins, put up in San
TRATED CHRISTIAN WEEKLY, ETC.
The tins are all boxed, two in a
It has been our privilege to peruse the Francisco.
box, and ought to come perfectly good. Last
Journal of these most excellent missionaries, year we found some of the tins not perfectly
residing at Ebon, Marshall Islands. It was closed. A crack large enough for the end
written for friends in the United States, but of a knife blade is sufficient to give the inallowed to be read by friends of missions in isects a chance to begin their work. Warned
by the experience of last year, my husband
Honolulu. It details the labors of the opened all the boxes this year
and examined
missionaries from day to day, and almost the tins. Of the white flour not a single tin
from hour to hour. It relates to domestic was tight. Of the oatmeal, wheat, etc., put
affiirs, labors in printing and correcting up in the same way, but in smaller tins, a
proof-sheets, schools, preaching, sickness, large proportion had cracks in them. I have
loneliness, arrivals of vessels, condition of learned better than to worry about such
the people, lights and shadows of everyday matters. We shall be provided for in some
missionary life. Perhaps our interest in the way, even if the whole shall prove worthjournal has been heightened from the fact less, which it will not. My husband has
that it reminds us of the departure of Dr. soldered and puttied and painted the tins,
Pierson and his wife from Honolulu on until I think they will keep as good as they
board the bark Belle, Captain Handy, in are now. We may have to throw away
May, 1855, on an exploring voyage. At some. I so wish the man or men who do
that time voyagers were afraid to land upon the soldering for
could be converted."
those islands, as so many visitors and sailors
had been cut off. Now, how changed the
scene ! Under date of Dec. 2d, 1878, Mrs.
Whitney writes as follows :
" School was to begin Dec. 2d, but was PORT OF HONOLULU, S. I.
put off by a ' Sail, ho !' The sail proved to
ARRIVALS.
be the German man-of-war Ariadne, bring2—Am schr Venus, Dodd, 27 days from Humboldt
ing us a glad surprise in the shape of a Mar 3—Am
schr Western Home, Johnson, Irom San Franhome mail. There were very interesting
cisco via Kahului
topsail schr W H Meyer, Williams, 22days
6—Am
letters from several of our friends, some of
from San Francisco
whom had not written by the Morning
B—Am bk II W Almy. Freeman, 18 days fm San Fran
7-H I X M clipper Djlgaiit, dc Lirron, 42 days Irom
Star. We are puzzled to know how this
Valparaiso
9—Am ship Robert Dixon, Osgood, en route to Baker's
mail had come, as the Ariadne was from
Island, anchored i.utside
Samoa. The probability is that an agent of
IB—Am wh bk Hunter, Homan, Irom cruise, oiland on
16
—Am wh bk Fleetwing, Hepptngstone, irom Home
Hernsheim & Co., who was at Honolulu,
snd cruise, 400 sperm. 800 whale.
took the mail to Sydney for us, knowing he
18—Am stmr Cily of Sydney, Dearborn, from Sydney.
Bolivian
schr John Bright, Mills, 64 daya from
•iO—
might have a chance to send it this way.
Klngsmlll Group.
The Ariadne had been to Jaluij and made
21—Am bgtn Nautilus. Mclssac, 24 days fm Kaiatea.
-I—llrit bk Chocola, Kenneth, 98 dsys fm Hongkong
a treaty with the chiefs Kabua and Loto26— P MSB Zealandla. Chevalier, from Sao Francisco
28—Am bk D C Murray, Frost, 27 days frm SFrsncisco
blui. One thing was very encouraging—
28—Am bktne Monitor. Emerson, 20 days fm Humboldt
the decided stand which the Captain took
28—Am schr Kosarlo, Douglass, 27 dsysfm S Francisco
28—Am schr Joa Woolley, Drlggs, 26 days from Guaoo
for temperance.
He said he would not
Islands
28—Am ship Springfield, Peart, 24 days from Iliogo,
recognise as a chief a habitual drunkard. I
J span
rule
could
be
officewish that
applied to
20— Am bk Martha Davis, Benson, from Boston
29—Am bktne Koreks, Nordberg, from San Francisco
holders everywhere."
29—Am bktne Jos Perkins. Johnson, from Port Gamble
Dec. 9.—We had a visit from our
, from Hongkong
31—Am bk Crusader,
"
neighbors, Mr. Foster, his son and daughter. April I—Am stmr Alaska, from sea in distress
Mr. F. is living about one mile away, an
DEPARTURES.
agent for Capelle & Co. He was formerly
A Kalkinburg, Huhbart. fr Portland, 0
(J. S. Consul at Samoa. It is quite a new Mar 1—Am bktne JViolet,
I—Haw bgtne
Anderson, for Mice Island
for
Vivid, Knglish, for Fanning* Island
to
have
a
white
a
3—Kaiateaschr
lady
neighbor
thing
Am schr Western Home, Johnson, for Humboldt
4—
who is not a missionary. We had nearly
4—Am bktoe Ella, Hrown. for San Francisco
fr—Am topsail schr Kustace, Bole, for San Francisco
30 scholars in school. 1 think we have
S—Am bark Camden, Robinson, for Port Qamlile
never had a school more interested than
I.l—Am sh Knlit Hui.ii. Osgood, for Baker'a Inland
16—Am topsail schr W H Meyer, William*, for Ban
during this term. There seemed to be some
Francisco.
interest
the
numamong
15—Am bktoe Grsce Roberta, Olaen. for San Francisco.
religious
pupils. A
17—Am wh bk Hunter. Homan, for Arctic Ocean.
ber have begun to take part in the meeting."
IS—Haw bark l.iliu, O'Brien, for Port Midison.
11,
19—Am sttnr City of Sydney, Dearborn, for San Fran
I
Jan.
1879.—Before
let
me
fojgetit,
"
22—Brlt hk Lady Lampson, Marston. tor SanFrancisco
me ask if you all take the Illustrated
23—Am schr Venus. Dodd, fr.r San Francisco
2d—P M 8 S Zealandia.Chevalier, for Sydney
Christian Weekty ? Of course you do, if
26—Haw bgtne Pomare, Gooding, for Ookala, Hawaii
you know what it is. / am not afraid to
28—Am bktue Discovery, fuller, for San Francisco
Mrs. Aheong

33

18 79.

and

1870, Mr. Aheong, who had officiated as
colporteur among his countrymen on the
Islands, returned to China, accompanied by
his Hawaiian wife and three children. He
died about two years ago, and now the Hawaiian Board of Immigration has paid the
passages of the widowand her children from
China to Honolulu, per the Crusader.

MARINE JOURNAL.

PASSENGERS.

For San Francisco—Per Zelle, Feb 20—Geo Grey.
Foa Sydney—Per City ofNew York, Feb 26—8 Tickell,
A Clay, A Brandt, C Gray.
For San Franciboo—Per Bonanza, Feb 27—W G Long
and wife.
From SanFrancirco—Per Discovery, Feb 18—Morrill
P Stein, J Murray. J Hamilton, P Harrison, E Claflln, J
Kmmiliitli, J Berry, P Smith.
From Ban Franclaco, per City of New York, Feb 28—J T
Aruiuli 1. H Morrison, J Davidson, Miss Lottie Alexander,
Mlhh Mary Hopper, W D Alexander, S F Alexander, C C
Fallenlns. Mrs <■ Fallenlus,Rev Belssel.Rev Polrled, Rev
Panlin, Mrs J F Thompson, 2 children and aervant, Mra
X Maifarlane, A Jaegerand wile, Mlsa M A Perry, Capt B
Dexter anil wife, S Vrenachoff, Mrs O P Gordon, H D Van
Wyke, X Corlngton, Mra R Corington, Mr Niece, G B
BlMhop. O H Bishop, H Hawley, Mra H Hawley, N Bumpus, Miss H E Carpenter. Mrs M E Butler, Mrs M A Hall,
Mrs D Moore, 29 in ateerage, and 119 Chinese.
From Micronesiata lalands, per Morning Star, Feb 26—
Mrs C A Sturgts, Mrs J Bray, N Gregor, It Maka, Mary
Maka, X Ksnoa.
For Fannlng's Island—Per Vivid. Mar 3—A Hoolder, A V
Houlder, T A Thrum.
For San Francisco—Per Ella, Mar 4—J Connor, J Bulllford,
F Goll.
For San Franclaco—Per Eustace, Mar 6—Capt Bweet.
From Ban Prancisco—Per W H Meyer, Mar 6—D Norton,
D McNeill, C R Maron,and 7 Chinese.
From San Francisco—Per H W Almy, Mar 6—J Lemon, W
Bohn, G Googh, 11 Nlehue.
For San Franclaco, per Grace Roberts, March IS—Geo H
White, wire and 2 children, Mrs Downer.
For Port Tnwneend. per l.illu, March 18—J Bulck.
From Australia—Per City of Sydney, Mar 18—Mlas M
H Slisun. W Phillips, F Phillips, W X Mark, AgneaEugliah, W Robertson wife and children, J Crother.
For Ban Francisco, per City of gydney, March 19—Miss
Woolworlh. Miss Mutlerrleld, Mrs J II Blsck, Mrs Berrilland
son, C II Judd. Mrs 0 P Gordon. M D van Wyke, 0 0 Follenius and wire, G C Beckley, W P Mss.hi and wife, P A Ames,
W H Williams, P B Brsnnen, C R Bishop, Mrs A A Slurgrs,
J Davidson, D McNeill, J Qninlsn. Wm llutler, G W Macfsrlane A Birch. F Short, F Sievert, W H Place, M F Sullivan,
Miss Diets, J J O'Msll. y. G W Hoffmann, T Dufl°, F X Mason. T Bourke.
For Han Frsnciaco—Per Lady Latnpaon, Mar 22—E B
Tuthill.
For San Francisco—Per Discovery, March28—N A Jacobson, R Burnett 0 Smith. A Wllks, Wong Lung.
From Humboldt—Per Monitor, March 28—G A Dauphing,
H C Thompson.
From San Francisco—Per Rosario, March 28—W Willetl, J
N Mackee, T ferrell.
From GuanoIslands—Per Jos Woolley, March 28—Captain
Brifgs and wife, JosMcGuire, Jas Douglass, W Earle, and 10
nativea.
From Ban Francisco—Per D C Murray, March 28—W Godfrey, J Lyons. W Shermanand mother, 0 Moury, J A Sampson. Miss Booth, C B Hopkins, W McKlvay, 8 J Hall, D N
Bhofer, J Nelll. and 32 Chinamen.
From San Francisco—Per Zealandia, March 26th—J Sessions, J W Sessions, R T Wslhrldge, Mrs R M Overend, Mrs
C X Williams, B Cogan, Mrs J H Bumpson, Mrs H M Whitney, Mrs 8 D llubbert and wife, X B Lapham, W M Barnes,
D L aifTsrd, W H Bailey, B C Kuru. T J Newton. T Dixon,
N F Remington, Mrs W L Wilcox. Mrs X P Adams, A Milliard, J Hsle, W Cogswell and wife, R N Honsman, Jsa Peake,
J J Wenant.F M Wilt, J CGlade, J N Wright. D Manton,
Miss 8 Carrigan, G P Scriven, Mrs D Sears, A W Smith, Miss
X Ooodall, J 0 Oilflllen and wife, J Watson and wife. Mra J X
Carroll. A W Kdwsrds, J Hotter, M Francisco, W Keinhsr.lt.
CUsrson.T Lindsay, W Robson, Mrs Williams, M Tarpey
aod 92 Chinamen.

»

MARRIED.
Carlson—Donnell—ln thin city. March Ist, by Rev.
Charles
Parker,
H. H.
Mr.
F. Carlson to Ml tut Emily
T. Donnell,all of Honolulu.
Lucas—Hrimv—ln thin city, March ISth, by the R*»v
Father HenuannKorkemsn, Mr ThomasR Lucas to Miss
Lydia Huddy, both of Houolulu.
Silva—Mamk—ln Honolulu, March 6th, by Rev. 8. C
Damon, Jobs it. Silva, jr., to Mamk, both of Oahu.
DIED.

Richardson—ln this city, on the IHh March, at his resi-

dence on Chaplain Htreet, Ira Richardson, aged 62 years

anil 6 months.
V Andrews—At herresidence in Nuuanu avenue, on the
iftth March, Mary A. Andrkwh, relict of the late Judge
Andrews, aged 1 5 years.
Prescott—At Kohala, Hawaii, od the 12th Inst., of consumption, F. Phescott, aged 42 years.
Aylett.—ln this city, March 16th, Catherina Mart
Ann, youngest daughter of the late John Aylett, aged 12
years 11 months and 32 daya.
Km.—At Hilo, on the Island of Hawaii, on the 10th of
March, Samuel Kipi, seed 63 yean 10 monftn and 7 days
Aaoso—ln thlt city. March 28th, Akoio, a natlre of
China, aged 61 jeers. Deceased was the proprletoi of the
International Hotel.
Glade—ln Honolulu, Sabbath evening, March 30th,
Johanna, sged three mouths, Infant twin-daughter of J.
C. and Alexandra Gladl.

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THE FRIEND, APRIL,

Origin of a Well Known Hymn.
We have always taken much interest in
reading incidents, connected with the origin
of many well known and oft-sung hymns.
That commencing, ,fcl love to steal awhile
away," by the late Mrs. Brown of Munson,
Massachusetts, is worthy of record. The
following letter from her son, the Rev. S. K.
Brown, D. D. of Yokohama, will be read

187 9.

the garden to see, and she said it was you,
that you came to the fence, but seeing her
turned quickly away, muttering something
to yourself. There was something in her
manner more than her words that grieved
me. I went home, and that evening was
left alone. After my children were all in
bed except my baby. 1 set down in the
kitchen with my child in my arms, when
the grief of my heart burst forth in a flood
of tears, I took pen and paper, and gave
vent to my oppressed heart in what I called
"My apology for my twilight rambles, addressed to a lady." It will be found in its
original form, in an old manuscript among
my papers. In preparing it (some years
Nettleton's Village Hymns,"
after) for
some three or four verses were suppressed,
and a few expressions altered in the original
»
the first stanza was

with interest:
Yokohama, Jan. 27th, 1879.
Deab Dr. Damon—
You ask me to give you some account of
my mother's hymn, the first line of which
was " I love to steal awhile awny." I have
seen several notices of the origin of that
"
hymn, but never one that was accurate in
its details. I have often heard the story
from my dear mother's lips, in my youth,
and in late years have frequently thought it
I l«ve to ateal awhile -awny
Frum little ones and care, &c.
might be my duty as her only son, to give
to the public the information I possessed reThis was strictly true, I had four little
specting the circumstances under which she children, a small unfinished house, a sick
wrote that hymn. 1 now have before nic sister in the only finished room, and there
my mother's antobiography in manuscript was not a place above or below where I
written at the urgent request of her children could retire for devotion, without a liability
at Chicago, 111., in 1849, and I can not do to be interrupted. There was no retired room,
better than to copy from it, her own account rock or grove, where I could go as in former
of the occasion that induced her to write in days, but there was no dwelling between our
her journal the verses, which have since house and the one where that lady lived.
been published in many hymn-books, and Her garden extended down a gnod way
sung by thousands in whose hearts they below her house which stood on a beautiful
awakened emotions that are common to de- eminence. The garden was highly cultivout hearts. When she wrote them, she vated with fruits and flowers. 1 loved to
had not the remotest idea that they would smell the fragrance of both, though I could
even be printed, or be seen by any but her not see them, when I could do so without
children, perhaps, should they survive her. neglecting duty, and I used, to steal away
You will observe that she speaks of from all within doors, and going out of our
Nathan Whiting of New Haven, Conn., as gate, stroll along under the elms that were
her brother. When my mother was 18 planted for shade on each side of the road,
years old, (having been left an orphan before and as th@re was seldom any one passing
she was two years of age) she was sought that way after dark, I felt quite retired and
out by Mr. Nathan Whiting's father of alone with God. 1 often walked quite up
Canaan, Columbia Co. N. V., where she that beautiful garden and snuffed the fragwas born, and received in to his family as a rance of the peach, the grape, and the ripendaughter. There she was treated with the ing apple, if not the flowers. I never saw
greatest kindness, an experience to which any one in the garden, and felt that I could
she had been a stranger for many years, and have the privilege of that walk and those
there she made a profession of her faith in few moments of uninterrupted communion
Christ. She always cherished the most with God without encroaching upon any
greatful and affectionate remembrance of one. But after once knowing that my steps
the Whiting family, to the day of her death. were watched and made the subject of reI will now transcribe an extract from her mark and censure, 1 never could enjoy it as
manuscript. She says :
I had done. I have often thought Satan
1 had while living in East Windsor," had tried his best to prevent me from prayer
"
(to which place she removed soon after her by depriving me of a place to pray."
marriage in 1805), kept a kind of diary and
Thus, my dear friend, you have my
continued it in Ellington, Conn. 1 wrote mother's own account of the way in which
several scraps of poetry in Ellington, which that hymn came to be written. I may add
were published by my brother Nathan Whit- that this production of my beloved mother's
ing, in the Religious Intelligencer at New pen became public property some years after
Haven, Conn. It was in Ellington that 1 it was written through the Rev. Dr. Nettlewrote the Twilight Hymn. My baby daugh- ton's calling upon my mother in Monson,
ter was in my arms when 1 wrote
Mass., for some hymns to be printed in the
had been out on a visit at Dr. Hyde's and Village Hymn-book" that he was then
several were present. After tea one of my "preparing to publish. She gave him this,
neighbors who, 1 had ever felt was my supe- and I believe three others, which may be
rior in every way, came and set down near found there by any one who has a copy of
me, chatting with another lady without no- the book. Mine, with all the books, tales
ticing me. Just as I was rising to go home, and poems written by my mother, was
she turned "suddenly upon me, and said, Mrs. burned up in 1867, when my house at YoBrown, why do you come up at evening so kohama was destroyed by fire and my entire
near our house, and then go back without library was lost. 1 remember the first lines
coming in? If you want anything why of some of the hymns, c. g.:
don't you come in and ask for it? I could
Saviour t.*uk bis aeat,
" Aa once tbe
not think who it was, and sent my girl down
Attracted by Hi*. Hum*,"

founded on the interview of Christ with the
woman of Samaria.

1 Welcome, ye hopeful heirs of heaven,"

was written on the occasion of a large accession ol converts to the church of which Rev.
Dr. Ely was the pastor in Monson.
There was also, I think, a morning prayer
meeting hymn, beginning, " How sweet the

melting lay."

My mother published a book entitled

publication I
" Tales of Real inLife," whose between
1*832
superintended

New York

and 1836 ; also another called" The Village
School," which was a smaller volume, descriptive of the work of Divine grace in the
only school she ever taught, I believe, in
Canaan, N. Y. She wrote many articles
for the Religious Intelligencer, of which
Dea. N. Whiting, of New Haven, was the
proprietor and editor for many years. She
also contributed a good many short poems to
the same paper and to others. Several
times she wrote the New Year's " Carrier's
Address " for the N. Y. Observer. She
wrote a good many tales of real life, depicting a variety of most thrilling scenes
through which she passed in early life.
But my mother never went to school Irom
the time she was nine years old till she was
eighteen. Those were years of intense and
cruel suffering. Had she not been possessed
of a heroic spirit she would have been
utterly crushed and ruined by what she was
compelled to endure. At eighteen years of
age she went to school three months in
Cloverach, N. V., in a common school.
Then and there she learned to write. Previous to this she could not write her own
name. At the end of the three months she
was graduated, and never went to school
again. The tale of her early life which she
has left her children, and which I have but
lately had sent me from Chicago, is a narrative of such deprivations, cruel treatnent
and toil as it breaks my heart to read. But
she came out of the furnace as gold tried in
the fire, and was such a mother, such a
wife, such a member of society, and withal
such an energetic and widely useful Christian woman, as to have left her memory
embalmed in many other hearts than those
of her children. A month ago I received a
sprig and clover blossom from her grave in
Monson, sent me from a gentleman in Walton, N. V., who always visits her grave
when he goes to Monson, his birth-place,
because he cannot forget histeacher, having
been a member of an infant class she taught
there for many years. It was a large class,
and she prepared lessons for them that were
published by the Massachusetts Sunday
School Society. But excuse me ; I had not
intended to say all these things about my

darling, blessed mother when I began to

write. Her record is on high, and she is
with the Lord, whom she loved and served
as faithfully as any person I ever knew—
nay. more than any other. To her I owe
all I am, and if I have done any good in the
world, to her, under God, it is due. She
seems, even now, to have me in her hands,
holding nig up to work for Christ and His
cause with a grasp that I can feel. I ought
to have been and to be a far better man than
I am, having had such a mother.
She and all my father's family have gone

THE FRIEND, APRIL,
to their rest.

I only remain, and I pray
God that my remaining life, be it longer or
shorter, may be a walking in her footsteps
who gave me birth and consecrated me to

ADVERTISEMENTS.

IAT

God.
But I must lay down my pen ; it is late
in the evening, and I must mail this letter A
for the steamer that goes to-morrow morning ■**■
at

daylight.
Yours, etc.,

S. R. Brown.

Us

Hermann ; Fort street, near Beretania. Services
every Sunday at 10 a. m. and 2 p. M.
Kaumakapim Church—Rev. M. Kuaea. Pastor,
Beretania street, near Nuuanu. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 104 a. m. Sabbath school
at 94 a. if. Evening services at 74 o'clock, alternating with Kawaiahao. Prayer meeting every
m.

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fred Willis. D. D.; Clergy. Rev. Rob't Dunn, M. A.,
Rev. Alex. Mackintosh, St. Andrew's Temporary
at hi! residence on Hotel itreet, between
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Alakeaand Port itreeti.
English services on Sundays at 64 a°d 11a.m.. and
p. M.
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at 11 a. m. Seats free. Sabbath School before the
morning service. Prayer meeting on Wednesday
evenings at 74 o'clock.
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corner of Fort and Beretania streets. Preaching
on Sundays at 11 a. m. and 7*J p. m. Sabbath
School at 10 a. M.
Kawaiahao Church—-Rev. H. H. Parker. Pastor,
King street, above the Palace. Services in Hawaiian every Sunday at 11a.m. Sabbath school
at 10 a. M. Evening services at 74 o'clock, alternating with Kauuiakapili. District meetings in
various chapels at 3.30 p. m. Prayer meeting
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Edited liy a Committee of the Y. M. C. A.
Even those followers of Christianity whose
" doing evil that good may come "
leads them to a rigid and intolerant adhesion
to what they regard as essential doctrine,
and those whose sense of the importance of
the inspired word will not permit them to
find excuses for various readings of what
they consider should be verbally believed,
must look hopefully to the period when differences of creed in Christendom will cease
and true catholic unity will prevail.
But if we cannot all yet regard each other
as being entirely right, we shall surely do no
harm and may help towards much good by
seeking to walk in unity and to help one
another as far as possible. It is a hopeful
sign for the Christian world that religious
intolerance, instead of being regarded as in
past periods in the light of a high virtue and
a mark of sanctity, should now be rejected
by so many and deplored by those even who
cannot be tolerant without in their honest
belief sacrificing principle.
We have read with interest two paragraphs in a recent New York paper, one referring to the visit to that city of the Dean
of Westminster, the other speaking of the
" Quaker poet " Whittier.
The Tribune speaks of the Dean as follows :
" He has maintained his own opinions,
but he has scrupulously respected the honest
opinion of others. He has been listened to
by great crowds of all denominations and
has kept their attention without the least
resort to rhetorical tricks or sensational expedfents. If he is not a great pulpit orator,
he is something better and rarer—a great
pulpit teacher, provoking thought, disseminating knowledge and exciting earnest inquiry. The mind with which the Dean has
been regarded is to be read in the addresses
which he has received from several classes
of Christians. The Baptists expressed the
feeling of all others when they spoke to him
not merely of bis learning and his printed
works, but of ■ the uniformly genial and
loving treatment which it is his wont to mete
out to men of all Christian fellowship as
well as to those of his own.' One of the
chief lessons, we may be permitted to say,
which the presence of Dean Stanley has
given us, is that of the possibility of a much
more harmonious relation of churcnes of
differing professions to each other than has
been common—of liberality without any
latitudinarian lapse or loose indifference.
To many this may seem easy enough, but
perfect charity is not easy to men of strong
convictions, intellectual and spiritual. We
all admit its theoretical value—the visit
of Dean Stanley, now so auspiciously concluded, has demonstrated that there may be
fear of

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CYhoMriusetnPonolulu.
angof'sA ociat n

Pure religion and undeflled before God, the Father, is this:
To visit the fatherless and widows in their affliction, and to keep one's self unspotted from the world.

a unity quite independent of creeds, and not think " that the true method of watching for
in.the least subversive of their real author- our Lord's returning, and of hastening unto,
and hastening the day, is for Christians to
ity."
And the following paragraph is not less concentrate all their energies on the conversion of sinners, the edification of believers
interesting
and the rectification and reconstruction of
" Mr. John G. Whittier, in the mellow society on Christian principles." This is
Autumn of hjs useful and beautiful life, is the only
safe-guard from delusion, and
frequently heard from, and whenever heard
Thus,
Christian life adorning.
from, he gives us fresh proof, hardly needed,
" Never the
ihould we be afraid;
of the liberal sweetness of his nature. The
Should he come at night or morning.
early Quakers, we suspect, had but little
Early dawn, or evening shade."
fondness for the Roman Church, and George
Fox would hardly have thought itconsistent
An Article entitled, "Certain Dangerous
for any Friend to countenance even by a
Tendencies
in American Life," appeared
word the erection of a cathedral—a " steeple
house," wiih the aggravation of a superflu- anonnmously in the Atlantic Monthly, for
ous number of steeples. Mr. Whittier September. It has been extensively noticed,
writes kindly when he is requested to con- reviewed and replied to. It certainly draws
tribute an original poem to the newspaper
a pretty black picture, especially where it
published at the Fair of St. Patrick's Cathedral in this city. His health, we are speaks of the failing power of the church to
sure, unfortunately, will not permit him to draw and influence men. We cannot admit
send any new verses, but there is an old that its premises are verified by facts, but its
poem of his, he say*, called ' The Female
as to what would if the church
Martyr,' written on the death of one of the deductions its
should
lose
in human society
Sisters of Charity during the prevalence of we must admit.influence
The
here suggests
question
be
cholera, which would not
inapplicable itself, if a
of
the
person
power
of thought
to the present time and the Christian and
of the writer of this article
judgment
heroines of the fever of the South.
A thus views the tendencies of
in a land
Quaker of the seventeeth century would so greatly blessed with gospelthings
privileges and
have written no such reply to such Christian civilization,
may we not view with
a request.
He would have felt it to
be his duty to improve the opportunity by greater charity the short comings of our
Hawaiian Churches and the failings of its
fervently protesting against the vain and membership?
frivolous cathedral service, and indeed
against the improper lady of Babylon gene-

:

rally. But Mr. Whittier is of too large and
liberal a nature for such narrowness, which
we are glad to believe is becoming less and

less common among all denominations of
Christians. Nobody can charge him with
latitudinarianism or indifference, for he is
Quaker to the very " 10 mo. 17" of the date
of his letter, and is rigidly orthodox as to
his personal pronouns. In old times he
might have been dealt with by " the high
seat," but the meeting now is proud of him
and loves him, and leaves him sensibly to
say and to write as he pleases."

A

"Prophetic Conference,"

so-called,

was lately held in New York, composed of
learned and influential clergymen of various
denominations; but all imbued with the be-

lief that the Second Advent of Christ will
be " pre-millennial," that is, thut Christ will
soon commence a personal reign upon the
earth, fo be followed by a thousand years of
freedom from sin among earth's inhabitants.
This does not seem to be a doctrine of any
practical importance—on the contrary, a
phase of it called " Millerism " has proved to
be a very dangerous dogma, disorganizing
society and driving many to insanity. We
prefer to refer all the passages of Scripture
that speak of a near coming of the Lord, to
the meeting of the soul with Christ at death.
With a recent writer on this subject, we

Chinese Masonry.

We clip the following frrom a letter to tho
New York Corner Stone, written from
Denver, Colorado:
" Many features of Chinese or heathen
Freemasonry are similar to those of the
Order in Christian lands. For instance,
benevolence and mutual aid are principal
objects of the organization; it has four
graded degrees, the initiation ceremonies
into which are thorough and peremptory ;
they have their grips, signs and passwords,
and exact a high standard of morality from
every member. One feature of the initiation is blood-spilling. From every candidate a small quantity of blood is taken and
placed in a common jar. Their mode of
salutation is to extend the right arm grasped
at the elbow by the left hand. In handing
an article to a brother it is grasped with
both hands drawn in close to the body and
then slowly extended towards the recipient,
who also receives it in both hands, palm to
palm. The Order is not exclusively Chinese,
as Coon Sing informs us that in Montana
and California several « Melican men ' are
among the brethren, and that petitions (or
membership have U*ii received froin A'm-*-*r u
cans in this city. The initiation fee is f3Jj,